Dave's Adventures

Saturday, January 29, 2011

Moab with the Guys

Several of us in my local church ward planned a trip to Moab, UT. Jordon's dad has a Condo there which we planned to stay at. After contacting several in the ward, there were six of us planning to go. The night before we left Steve Baxter said he had the flu and would not be going. That left Jordon Farr, Jeff Wilks (our Bishop), Brad Harris, Zac Orton and myself. We left on Friday, January 28th about 9:00 am. On the way down we experienced a flat tire on the trailer. Someone behind us flagged us down and told us we had a tire shredding.

Its a good thing we had a good Samaritan behind us and a few spare tires. We made it down to Moab and went out on our first ride about 3:00 PM. We headed out to Gemini Bridge and then on to Four Arches. There was a lot of snow, great views and a lot of picture taking. Having a fear of heights, I didn't get too close to Gemini Bridge. Everyone else took pics and I will get a few from them.

After the ride we headed to the La Hacinda for dinner and then onto the Condo. The Condo was great. I was tired and went to bed early (11:00pm). The guys stayed up and played pin pong.

On Saturday after breakfast at McDonalds we headed to Hurrah pass. We rode to top and down other side. It was a great ride.

Back at parking lot we noticed the tire low again on the right side (same one we had a flat on). We headed to gas station to fill it up and could not get our fingers between tire and floor of trailer. We headed back to the Condo and took out four of the 4wheelers (which we left in Moab). This raised the trailer up enough to allow us to get our fingers between the trailer floor and the tire. We brought the trailer and one 4wheeler home (mine). We figured the trailer had a broken spring but made it back home about 6:30pm without anymore incidents. It was a great trip although I wish it had been longer. We are already planning another trip. Of course, we need to go get the rest of the 4wheelers.

Tuesday, December 14, 2010

Elberta Slant

With the temperature hovering around the 50's, it was time to head out to Elberta and check up on a few of my caches. I asked Brad Harris if he wanted to go and he said, come pick me up. It was a great day even though it was overcast and windy. We parked at the Elberta slant road and headed north towards Little Moab. I have close to 15 caches in the area and was able to check on six of them. I did place a new one. Riding out in the desert has it moments and it was nice to get out before the snow comes (if it ever does).

Brad getting ready to ride

Brad on top of hill at Little Moab (cache Mt. Sinai)

Brad looking for cache Mt. Sinai

Looking east towards Payson area

Brad looking for one of my caches

Abandon train tunnel by Elberta Slant Road

It's great to take a power nap after lunch

Thursday, December 9, 2010

5-Mile in December

I have been sick for about a month with a persistent cold and cough but decided I needed a break. I headed out to 5-mile on the "warmest" day of the week. Temp was 46 degrees when I got there and 40 degrees when I left. Not too bad but I feel like I am paying for it. Oh well, you only live once.

I normally go to the west end of 5-mile by the Pony express turnoffs and either park at the top of the hill or south about half a mile. I chose the top of the hill because of the snow and mud. The snow had melted quite a bit and several spots were dry. I tried to avoid the mud as much as possible (ya right). For being a gloomy overcast day it was fun to be out checking on my caches and getting out of the house. I went as far as Rocky Cave (http://coord.info/GC20PXH) before turning back. I did place a new cache for those that like to get out in the winter time. Happy Trails!